Exam question 4 · Finnish Fairy Tales, The Raspberry Worm, part 1: two girls…

By what means did the girls obtain sustenance after losing their way?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girls · What happens: mean, do, obtain, lose · To what, where: sustenance, way

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1315 «Finnish Fairy Tales, The Raspberry Worm, part 1: two girls save a worm, get lost in a burnt wood, and are fed by magic» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girls	det
6	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 obtain	nsubj
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	sustenance	sustenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtain	obj
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 losing	mark
10	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 obtain	advcl
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 way	nmod:poss
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 losing	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	obtain	present	the girls	sustenance	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sustenance=Theme
4	lose	gerund	the girls not said here	girls's way	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

By wishing aloud, whereupon food appeared before them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wishing	mark
2	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 appeared	advcl
3	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	2 wishing	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 wishing	punct
5	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	7 appeared	advmod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 appeared	nsubj
7	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	before	before	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 appeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	gerund	food not said here					aloud property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	appear	past	food				before them = they	whereupon property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before they=Location

Option 2

By asking a passing farmer for bread and milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 asking	mark
2	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 farmer	det
4	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 farmer	amod
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asking	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 bread	case
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 farmer	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 milk	cc
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 farmer	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund			a passing farmer and milk				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent farmer=Recipient
2	pass	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

By wishing aloud, whereupon food and drink appeared before them on a white cloth in the grass

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wishing	mark
2	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 appeared	advcl
3	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	2 wishing	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 wishing	punct
5	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	9 appeared	advmod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 appeared	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drink	cc
8	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 food	conj
9	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	before	before	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 appeared	obl
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 cloth	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 cloth	det
14	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cloth	amod
15	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 appeared	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 grass	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 grass	det
18	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 appeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	gerund	food and drink not said here					aloud property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	appear	past	food and drink			a white cloth	before them = they	in the grass; whereupon property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before they=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By wishing aloud for a meal, whereupon a feast of soup, bread, and meat appeared before them in the moss

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wishing	mark
2	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 whereupon	advcl
3	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	2 wishing	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 meal	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meal	det
6	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wishing	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 wishing	punct
8	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 feast	det
10	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 whereupon	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 soup	case
12	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feast	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bread	punct
14	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feast	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 appeared	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 appeared	cc
17	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 appeared	nsubj
18	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 feast	parataxis
19	before	before	ADP	_	20 them	case
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 appeared	obl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 moss	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 moss	det
23	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 appeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	gerund						for a meal; aloud property	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for meal=Theme
2	appear	past	meat			the moss	before feast		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before they=Location

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